This document provides summaries of modules from a professional writing course. It summarizes modules on the 5 C's of communication (clear, concise, complete, correct, courteous), functional outlines, designing documents and screens, short reports, finding and analyzing information, persuasive messages, proposals and progress reports, and using social media appropriately. The summaries highlight the key lessons and communication skills learned in each module and their relevance to professional scenarios.

1. Madison
Schmitt
Professional Writing

2. 5 C’s document: What?
Clear, Concise, Complete, Correct, Courteous
One must be sure to always write their news in the
beginning of their correspondence to ensure clarity.
The writer must be aware that excess information is
not required and must be concise.
All correspondence must be complete in order for
the reader to properly understand what is being
written.
Your correspondence must have correct
format, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, spelli
ng and word usage.
The writer must be polite and courteous to ensure
higher possibilities of the results desired.

3. 5 C’s Document:
In the beginning
module of our course
we were informed of
the importance of the
5 C’s. This learning
was significant as it will
be used in the writing
of any professional
document allowing us
to be able to properly
communicate to
multiple audiences.
With this added
knowledge I will
continue to use my 5
C’s to provide the
utmost
communication skills.

4. Functional outline:
The functional outline contains four main
categories that we learn including
news, reason, details, and closing. Such
categories contain the organization of the
how, what, why and honey statement. All
of which are necessary to make sure that
every aspect of the topic are covered. This
was learned in our first module covered
and will be used to formerly conduct an
organized piece of writing.

5. •Module 5: Designing
Documents, Slides, and
Screens
Designing documents, slides, and screens are
essential to aesthetically pleasing the reader. We
learned the importance of this in week 8 as we
watched the YouTube video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIsXrisnZKM&fe
ature=youtu.be. With such essential information we
learned how to keep documents, screens, and
information tantalizing without creating an
overwhelming piece. Without this important
learning one could easily create something
unpleasing to a viewer which could in turn lead to
the loss of a client. From presenting an idea to
informing a client, the information learned will be
used in just about every possible professional
scenario.

6. •Module 23: Short Reports
In week nine of our semester we learned
the necessities of short reports. They
provide more substantive information
than a simple Letter or memo, but are less
substantive than a Formal report. Short
reports are used to inform and persuade
and should to get the proper message
across to the reader with the a possible
edge against any opponents. This will be
used in either an informative matter or as
in a way to convince a buyer of a
product or other need.

7. •Module 22:
Finding, Analyzing, and
Documenting Information
Finding, analyzing, and documenting
information was introduced in module
twenty-two and continued to be
taught throughout the remainder of
our lessons. Without proper ways of
researching information, analyzing
what you have read, and presenting it
in an efficient manner, your piece of
work will not act as a proper display of
what you are trying to portray. These
techniques can be used in researching
what is best for a company, or what
should be recommended to clients.

8. •Module 12: Persuasive
Persuasive messaging is one of
Messages
the most important tasks that we
learned in module twelve which
teaches us separate processes to
properly conduct a persuasive
message. These processes consist
of the planning process, the
creative process, as well as the
closing honey statement. These
are used to analyze the
problem, discuss the sample
solutions, and come to an
informative conclusion.
Persuasive messages are used to
conclusively get what you want
in a professional manner where
all parties are seemingly the
winners.

9. •Module 21: Proposals and
Progress Reports
Writing any report includes five basic
steps that include defining the
problem, gathering, analyzing, and
organizing the information, as well as
writing the report. We were taught
these steps in module twenty-one to
learn how to properly conduct
proposals and progress reports to be
used in the business world.

10. •Social Media Supplementary
Materials: Week 11
In week eleven we were given two
links that directed us to two separate
videos on YouTube to teach us about
social media and electronic
communication as well as The Fail
Trial which enabled us to learn about
social media crises. The importance
of this module was to teach us what is
appropriate and inappropriate to
broadcast on social media as well as
how to correctly respond to scrutiny.
This knowledge will be used in just
about every job that is taken. What is
posted on the internet is for all to see
and this should not be taken lightly.